FLSLWX
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
902 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WEST
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...VIRGINIA...

  SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER NEAR SPRINGFIELD AFFECTING HAMPSHIRE
  COUNTY
  POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY AFFECTING WASHINGTON...LOUDOUN AND
  JEFFERSON COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER AT POINT OF ROCKS AFFECTING FREDERICK AND LOUDOUN
  COUNTIES
  POTOMAC RIVER NEAR LITTLE FALLS AFFECTING MONTGOMERY AND FAIRFAX
  COUNTIES
  RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AT REMINGTON AFFECTING CULPEPER AND FAUQUIER
  COUNTIES
  RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER AT FREDERICKSBURG AFFECTING CITY OF
  FREDERCKSBRG...SPOTSYLVANIA AND STAFFORD COUNTIES
  GEORGES CREEK AT WESTERNPORT AFFECTING ALLEGANY COUNTY
  WILLS CREEK NEAR CUMBERLAND - WILLS AFFECTING ALLEGANY COUNTY
  OPEQUON CREEK NEAR MARTINSBURG AFFECTING BERKELEY COUNTY
  SENECA CREEK NEAR DAWSONVILLE AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY
  GOOSE CREEK NEAR LEESBURG AFFECTING LOUDOUN COUNTY
  MONOCACY RIVER NEAR FREDERICK AFFECTING FREDERICK COUNTY

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
VIRGINIA...MARYLAND...
  RAPIDAN RIVER NEAR CULPEPER AFFECTING CULPEPER AND ORANGE COUNTIES

  CONOCOCHEAGUE CREEK AT FAIRVIEW AFFECTING WASHINGTON COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY...THIS IS HOW MOST
FLOOD DEATHS RESULT.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET.

&&

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902 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...THE FLOOD WARNING
CONTINUES FOR
  THE POTOMAC RIVER AT HARPERS FERRY.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 7 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  TO RISE TO NEAR 18.5 FEET BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL
  RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
* IMPACT...AT 18.0 FEET...WATER BEGINS TO INUNDATE LOW LYING SERVICE
  ROADS ON THE SHENANDOAH RIVER SIDE OF HISTORIC HARPERS FERRY, DUE
  TO BACKWATER EFFECTS.

&&


RIVER        FLOOD    OBSERVED     1AM  7AM  1PM  7PM        CREST
LOCATION     STAGE  STG DAY TIME   FRI  FRI  FRI  FRI   STG DAY TIME

POTOMAC RIVER
HARPERS FERRY 18.0   8.6 THU 7 PM                       18.5 SAT 9 AM


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